Electric water-heater



C. C. HERBERT. ELECTRIC WATER HEATER. "memo" FILED AUG.8. 1919,-

1,384,719. Patented July 12, 1921.

,lhveribrw Claws/ma" C l/[fi R7 '7 /VMW1 UNITED STATES CLARENCE C.HERBERT,

OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

ELECTRIC WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Application filed August 8, 1919. Serial No. 316,277.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CLARENCE C. HERBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State of Nebraska,have invented new and useful Improvements in an Electric \Vater- Heater,which relates to the doing away with all the unnecessary parts, leavinga product that is very simple, can be used to heat water in any vessel,and is very easily repaired.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in electric waterheaters or sterilizers, and consists of a simple and eflioient device ofthis nature having various details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fully described,'shown inthe accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appendedclaim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application,and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing the parts assembled.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the perforated carbon tube.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of a carbon rod with electrical wireattachment, and

Figs. 4: and 5 are modified forms of the invention.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

F designates a carbon tube of cylindrical form, having perforations Otherein through which water is permitted to freely circulate.

A small solid carbon rod D has disks. A thereon and is adapted totelescope within the tubular member F, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. A suitable washer E is fitted over the carbon to hold the diskin .place. To one end of the carbon rod D an electric wire B isconnected, and a second wire B is adapted to be connected to theperforated carbon tube F, it being understood that the two carbonmembers are not in contact with each other.

In Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings a carbon tube H is provided withoutperforations in the wall thereof and in which a small carbon tube I isadapted to be inserted, the center of which is closed, while the sidesand ends are perforated. The parts are adapted to be wired, rubbered andput together in the same manner as shown in Fig. 1.

In operation, a rubber hose is adapted to be placed over one end of theheater and attached to a water faucet, and as the water passes throughthe tube the water will circulate through the heater and become heatedfrom contact with the members.

What I claim to be new is:

An electric heater comprising a shell of carbon and a rod of carbon ofsmaller diameter and inserted therein, and means for spacing the sameapart from the shell, said spacing means including disks on the ends ofthe rod entirely inclosing the ends of "the shell, and electrical wiresconnected to said rod and shell.

CLARENCE C. HERBERT.

